Khalil lost his life when he fell over 200 feet into
Fall Creek Gorge in the early morning hours after a
night of partying. A friend was quoted: “[King]
was a heavy cannabis smoker and would binge drink
with the rest of us on the weekends and I have
absolutely no doubt in my mind that this was a
tragic accident likely caused by those substances.”

George was found unresponsive his fraternity house.
After investigating the found University determined
that Desdunes, who was a brother at SAE, was
provided alcohol “while in the care of certain
members and associate members.” Cornell
subsequently withdrew recognition of the fraternity.

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detailing the tragic incidents for each individual.

“The national fraternity — Sigma
Alpha Epsilon — that is under fire for a video
showing members singing racist chants, is the same
in which a Cornell University student died after a
hazing incident four years ago.”

“Cornell students must register
events that will involve alcohol with the
university. However, Cornell's Office of Fraternity
and Sorority Affairs maintains its own process of
approval and registration for events with alcohol.”

“Administrators and students said they have noticed
a shift away from direct disciplinary approaches
toward more creative educational programs, but
students at four schools said the recent policies
have targeted alcohol usage at the expense of Greek
life.”

“At Cornell University in Ithaca, New York,
students, administrators and alumni are engaged in a
process to change the way students pledge
fraternities and sororities.” “The university has
already taken steps to prevent fraternities from
using alcohol as a recruiting tool, by banning
pledges from attending any fraternity parties with
alcohol. Only after they become members are they
able to attend those parties. And the university
says, the fraternities are only allowed to serve
students 21-years of age and older.”

“The young man sitting on the couch beside Mr.
Desdunes recalled downing four or five shots of
vodka in 20 minutes and then vomiting into a garbage
pail. The two were fed Pixy Stix, chocolate powder,
strawberry syrup, a bite of a sandwich, hot sauce.
“Something that felt like dish soap was dripped on
my face,” said the 20-year-old sophomore.”

“If Gannett is going to screen us for alcohol
dependency, then why don't' they dig even deeper
into our lives and screen us for a more general,
broad range of substance abuses? Are they totally
oblivious to the larger cannabis, cocaine, and
pharmaceutical dependencies of students on campus? I
didn't realize attending school here meant signing
up to be under some totalitarian-esque oversight
program.”

“Following the alcohol-related death of his
daughter, Prof. Joseph Cheng, finance and
international business, Ithaca College, is leading
an initiative to have students publicly pledge to
abstain from drinking alcohol until they turn 21.”
“So far, twenty-five students from both Cornell and
Ithaca College have taken the pledge”

Student article---“The experience of this freshman —
who was granted anonymity because his actions were
illegal — may be part of a growing trend of
high-risk behavior that has led University
administrators, student leaders and even Collegetown
landlords to express concern over a culture of
excessive drinking.”

Student article---“To combat a perceived
displacement of drinking from campus fraternities to
Collegetown properties, Lewis said the University
implemented joint enforcement between the Cornell
University Police Department and Ithaca Police
Department.”

Student view---“ However, the IFC’s admission that,
in fact, alcohol consumption moved to Collegetown
annexes and other off-campus locations confirms that
there remains much work to be done by Greek
leadership and the administration to ensure that
Cornell sees a full-scale departure from high-risk
drinking — and the serious consequences that result
from it. Without a true cultural shift, dangerous
alcohol consumption will continue to be displaced.”

“Dangerous hazing rituals such as binge drinking on
college campuses remains a major issue where many
pledges have died as a result of alcohol poisoining.
This past summer, the heartbroken mother of a
Cornell University sophomore sued the ivy league
school for $25 million dollars after fraternity
brothers kidnapped her son, blindfolded him, bound
his hands and feet, and forced him to drink so much
alcohol that he passed out and died.”

Student article---“Fraternities are required to
borrow a card scanner and iPod with ID Card Scan for
all registered social events, during which chapter
presidents and social chairs can access the
application, which connects to PeopleSoft and, when
scanned, displays the student’s name, class year and
whether or not they are 21 years old.”

“Earlier this year, a 19-year-old student died in a
fraternal hazing case that can only be described as
barbaric. The student, a freshman "pledge" of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon (SAE), was kidnapped by fraternity
members who blindfolded him and bound his hands and
feet. The young man was then forced to drink alcohol
until he lost consciousness and passed out.”

““It seems to me that we need a variety of social
venues,” he said. “While we know that five eighths
of undergraduates cannot consume alcohol legally, we
also know that three eighths can. We need to find a
way to create a social venue that permits all
students to socialize together despite the law that
requires us to only serve alcohol to those who are
of age.””

“I've been editing this
newspaper for 15 years. During that time, I've
written many headlines about good and promising
college students drowning in our gorges or dying
from alcohol poisoning. The last year was a horror.
Two students -- one at Cornell and one at Ithaca
College-- died from alcohol poisoning.”

Student reporter’s take on frat drinking crackdown
in part: “Level 4: Sorority
Girl Angry-This girl
spends more time in her favorite frat house than 65
percent of the brothers do. Which is pretty ironic
considering she’s also slept with exactly 65 percent
of her favorite frat house. She’s terrified by the
thought of going through freshmen year without being
invited to the VIP section of frat parites by creepy
older brothers with beards. In her words, “Oh my god
these changes are so random. Eh, this suuucks.””

““ABC News spoke with students
and recent college graduates from around the
country. All of them wanted to speak anonymously
given the delicate nature of the topic, and all said
the same thing: They had seen strippers at parties
on or near campus, often at fraternity and athletic
team parties celebrating birthdays or new
pledges.”” “At Cornell University in New York, one
graduate remembered how halfway through "Hell Week"
-- an arduous ritual of breaking in new members --
fraternity brothers brought in a stripper "just to
remind us that they didn't completely hate us."”